chef john's bagna cauda

Ingredients

• Servings: 16
• 6 cloves garlic, roughly chopped, or more to taste
• 1 pinch kosher salt
• 6 anchovy fillets
• 1/2 cup extra-virgin olive oil
• 3 tablespoons butter
• 2 teaspoons red vinegar
• 1 pinch red pepper flakes, or to taste

Recipe

Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 10 mins Ready Time: 25 mins


• grind garlic and salt together with a mortar and pestle. add anchovies; grind with mortar and pestle until a coarse paste forms.
• heat olive oil in a skillet over medium heat. whisk butter into oil until butter melts and foams, about 30 seconds. reduce heat to low and stir garlic-anchovy mixture into oil mixture; cook and stir until flavors blend and mixture is hot, about 5 minutes. remove from heat and stir red vinegar and red pepper flakes into oil mixture.